Hi, Peder. Absolutely give QRP a try with your K3s. I have set up PF1 and PF2 to be able to switch quickly between 5w and 100w. Great receiver. If you have a P3, working split becomes so much easier than on my K2 where I have to toggle A and B VFOs.
You will be surprised at how much fun you can have with 5w. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 11:22 PM Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Hi Peder, > > I encourage you to try QRP, especially with the high bands as hot as > they've been in a long time. And don't stop at 5 W! If a band is open you > can make contacts with 1 W, or even 0.1 W. For example, if you hear a > station at S9 and they're using 100 W, you'll be roughly 30 dB down at his > end if you use 1 W. That's 30 dB/6 dB per S-unit = roughly 5 S-units, or > S-4. Perfectly copiable if there's no serious QRM/QRN. > > I believe the world record for worked-all-continents is 17 *microwatts* by > a JA ham. > > Once the K3S is calibrated at 5 W on all bands, setting any other power > level will be accurate. If you set power to 4.0, you'll get very close to > 4.0 W. > > We do this at the factory, or you did it yourself if you built the kit. > > You can always recalibrate at 5 and 50 W at any time by doing a TUNE into > a lower with SWR < 2.0. But doing it more than once should not be > necessary. You can avoid the question entirely by using 4.8 or 5.2 watts > instead of 5.0 W, etc. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > On Mar 2, 2022, at 7:45 PM, Peder Kittelson <peder.kittel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I have been thinking of playing around with QRP and wonder how to do 5 > > watts on the K3s without needing to recalibrate the gain each time. How > do > > people do 4 watts QRP with a K3s?? > > > > -- > > Peder Kittelson, W7RPK > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to clark.macau...@gmail.com > -- 73, Clark, WU4B Little Pistol With Wires QRPARCI #10815 SKCC #3892 NAQCC #5055 CWOPS #1869 Collins Collectors #AC90-12432 Southeastern DX Club <http://www.sedxc.org> North Georgia QRP Club <http://www.nogaqrp.org> *"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less."* *Attributed to *William of Occam (1288 AD - 1348 AD) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
